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Long before Lollapalooza became a fixture in Grant Park, long before Riot Fest and Pitchfork Music Festival and the myriad other concentrations of cultural events that have come to define the city's warm-weather entertainment scene, there was the Chicago Humanities Festival. Celebrating its 25th year this fall, the humanities festival has an edge on the music events for many reasons. Among them: Mud levels range from minimal to nonexistent, no matter how much it may rain. Fellow festivalgoers rarely chatter through the event you are trying to hear. Almost all CHF events feature that wondrous modern amenity, the chair. And where the music fests force you to be outside, standing in...

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